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Unions Rally to Fight Back Against Illegal Postal Takeover

February 24, 2025
On Feb. 24, 2025, hundreds of union members joined together to show that workers are prepared to fight back against the proposed, illegal takeover of the United States Postal Service. Unions, including the Communications Workers of America (CWA),...

Statement of APWU President Mark Dimondstein on Attacks to the Public Postal Service

February 20, 2025
The Washington Post has reported that the Trump Administration will soon issue an Executive Order firing the Postal Board of Governors, and placing the United States Postal Service under the control of the Commerce Department.

Pro-Privatization Groups Continue Attacks on Public Postal Service

March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Like clockwork, when USPS finances are announced each quarter headline after headline claim the Postal Service is irrelevant, in financial trouble or...

Consumer Protections Under Attack

March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) After the devastating 2008 financial crisis, Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Act that led to creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (...

VICTORY

March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) After three years, the Stop Staples campaign concludes with a huge victory. By the time this issue of the American Postal Worker is in mailboxes, the...

2017 Open Season Seminar

March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Health Plan Director John Marcotte The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Health Plan is pleased to announce that the 2017 Open Season Seminar...

Success in Action!

March 1, 2017
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Retirees Director Nancy Olumekor The USPS and Staples deal is over! APWU retirees worked tirelessly on the Stop Staples campaign to help the union...

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